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An Historical Sketch 
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The Lakeside Press 


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FOREWORD 


a purpose of this book 1s to show to the 
boys and the young men of Chicago and 


vicinity the life-career opportunities offered by 
The Lakeside Press. Although it 1s divected 
particularly to those who are about to graduate 
from the Elementary and the High Schools, 
there 15 the hope that it may prove helpful to 
parents, teachers, or vocational counselors in 
their efforts to guide young men toward useful 


and honorable occupations. 


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THIS GROUP OF SIXTY-EIGHT MEN HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE SCHOOL FOR APPRENTICES OF THE LAKESIDE 
PRESS DURING THE YEARS IgI$—1923. THESE YOUNG MEN BEGAN AS BOYS TO LEARN THE TRADE THOROUGHLY 
AND ALL ARE NOW CRAFTSMEN AND MANY ARE ALSO EXECUTIVES. THESE MEN KNOW THAT TRAINING PAYS. 
IT IS ALSO EVIDENT THAT A TRAINING DEPARTMENT IN AN INDUSTRY IS A GOOD BUSINESS PROPOSITION 


HISTORICAL 
HE history of The Lakeside Press from its beginning in 1864 to the 


present day covers the modern development of the printing indus- 
try. The firm was first known as Church, Goodman & Donnelley 
but later became The Lakeside Printing and Publishing Company. It was at 
length reorganized under the name it now bears, R. R. Donnelley & Sons 
Company. The organization is at present housed in three plants, two in 
Chicago and one in Crawfordsville, Indiana. The value of the three plants 
with their equipment is in round numbers $4,000,000. About two thousand 
people are employed the year around. 
In 1864, when the original firm was established, apprentice training was 
rapidly declining. The ancient method of attaching a young man ora boy to 
a master workman was a thing of the past. A lad who wished to learn the 


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THE SCHOOL COMPOSING ROOM WHERE THE PRE-APPRENTICES ARE TAUGHT THE RUDIMENTS OF THE PRINTING 
TRADE IN A COMPLETELY EQUIPPED MODERN TRAINING DEPARTMENT UNDER THE INSTRUCTION OF A CRAFTSMAN 


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THE CLASSROOM WHERE STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT ACADEMIC SUBJECTS INCLUDED IN THE HIGH SCHOOL COURSE OF 
STUDY UNDER FACTORY CONDITIONS WITH THE SUBJECTS CLOSELY CORRELATED BY HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS 


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A SUCCESSFUL PRINTING SALESMAN KNOWS EVERY PROCESS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A BOOK FROM THE 
TIME THE COPY IS RECEIVED UNTIL THE SHIPMENT HAS REACHED THE CUSTOMER. RALPH ROSCHER (16) 
ENTERED THE DONNELLEY ORGANIZATION AS A LAD OF I4. HE IS NOW WELL QUALIFIED TO REPRESENT THE 
ORGANIZATION AS A SALESMAN BECAUSE HE IS THOROUGHLY FAMILIAR WITH OUR METHODS AND EQUIPMENT 


trade was obliged to pick up bits of information here and there during the 
time he was not kept busy as the printer’s messenger or general utility boy. 
Frequently the young learner was discouraged or even openly opposed by 
the journeymen in the shop. 

It soon became evident to the management of The Lakeside Press that 
future growth depended upon an ample supply of properly trained crafts- 
men in every department of the organization. The idea ofa complete training 
school within the plant suggested itself to Mr. T. E. Donnelley, president of 
the organization. This idea was strengthened upon his reading an account of 
a school maintained by the Chaix Printing Company of Paris over a period 
of sixty years. Mr. Donnelley’s plan was put into operation July 6, 1908, when 
The School for Apprentices of The Lakeside Press was formally opened. 


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JAMES VARALLO (I$) WAS A SMALL LAD WHEN HE EN- 
TERED THE SCHOOL FOR APPRENTICES IN 1908. (SEE INSET.) 
NOW HE IS FOREMAN OF THE STOCK CATALOG DEPARTMENT 


Although the first purpose of the School was to train craftsmen for the 
composing room and the pressroom, its scope has steadily widened until it 
is now known as the Training Department. The educational work under- 
taken at present includes the training of the following groups: apprentices 
for the several trades, clerical workers for the offices, high school graduates 
for special positions, college graduates, engineers, and others who must 
become familiar with printing processes before they can fill certain special 
positions. College men who enter the organization are usually assigned to 
the School for the purpose of learning the fundamental processes of the 
printing trade. In fact, the Training Department is expected to contribute to 
the efficiency of every department in the organization, as education is a requi- 
site in any department in the industry. 

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GEORGE KOROUS (’16) BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A PRINTER IN 
THE SCHOOL IN NOVEMBER, 1909. HE IS NOW OCCUPYING A 
Ys POSITION AS FOREMAN OF THE PRESS LOCK-UP DEPARTMENT 


fiveatNIING APPRENTICES FOR THE TRADES 


HE work of the School for Apprentices of The Lakeside Press is 

divided into two sections, a pre-apprentice course and an apprentice 

course. The pre-apprentice course includes instruction in hand com- 
position, or typesetting, and such academic subjects as elementary mathe- 
matics, including applied arithmetic for printers, applied English, drawing 
and design, elementary science, and some social studies. This pre-apprentice 
course varies in length from several months to two full years, depending 
upon the age of the student, the amount of high school training he has had, 
and his ability and desire to master the subjects offered in the course of study. 
The academic instruction offered in the School has been approved by 
the authorities of the Public Continuation Schools, and is accepted as con- 

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THE BEN DAY PROCESS OF MAKING ENGRAVINGS REQUIRES 
PRACTICAL ART ABILITY. JOHN DOMBROWSKI (’I6) IS IN 
CHARGE OF THIS WORK IN THE ENGRAVING DEPARTMENT 


tinuation school work for all boys under the legal age for leaving school. 
In other words, boys who are enrolled in our School for Apprentices are not 
required to spend eight hours a week in the Public Continuation School. 

The apprentice course begins as soon as the pre-apprentice work has been 
completed, provided the student has reached the age of sixteen. This program 
includes instruction in the trade in the factory under the immediate super- 
vision of the foreman of the department to which the apprentice is assigned. 
In order to avoid over-specialization during this period the apprentice is 
moved from one process to another so that he will become familiar with 
the work of the department. Instruction in academic subjects does not cease 
during the apprenticeship period. The students are required to spend about 
five hours weekly in the School continuing their academic work. 

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JERRY M. STEPANEK (716) HAS RISEN FROM A PRE-APPREN- 
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PROGRAM FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 
GRADUATES 


LEMENTARY school graduates are accepted as soon as possible 
after reaching the age of fourteen. The length of the pre-apprentice- 
ship period for them is, therefore, about two years. During this time 

they work about half of each day in the factory at light work suitable for boys 
of theirage and physical development, the remaining half day being spent in 
the school room setting type and doing the required academic work. When 
the pre-apprentice course has been completed and the boy is sixteen years 
of age he is designated as apprentice and is assigned to the department for 
which he, his parents, and the Supervisor of Training decide he is best fitted. 
The duration of the apprentice course for elementary school graduates is 
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HERBERT LEPTHIEN’S (’15) EXPERIENCE IN THE PRODUC- 7/; : 
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five years. At the close of this period the apprentice is declared a journeyman 
in the branch of the industry he has selected, and is given a pocket card ina 
case and a large framed diploma of graduation attesting to his right to rank 
as a journeyman in the particular trade. 

At the close of six months in the School the pre-apprentice is given an 
agreement which he and his parents sign. This agreement assures the appren- 
tice of steady employment, a definite semi-annual increase in wages, and thor- 
ough instruction in the trade. It likewise assures the Company of the regular 
attendance of the student during his entire period of training. 

Beginning at the close of the first year of the regular apprentice course 
the Company deposits in the bank a fixed sum each week to the credit of 
the student. This sum draws interest compounded quarterly, and at the close 

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ALBERT SCHLAG (’I$) IS TYPOGRAPHER IN THE MECHANICAL 
DESIGN DEPARTMENT, HAVING RISEN FROM THE RANK OF 
Uj,  & PRE-APPRENTICE DURING A PERIOD OF FIFTEEN YEARS 


of the apprentice term is given to him as a reward tor good behavior and 
for completing the course. This money is not deducted from the wages ot 
the apprentice but is an outright gift from the Company. 


PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 


RADUATES of four-year high schools are coming to realize the 
advantages of learning a highly skilled trade. The Training De- 
partment has arranged a program for such young men whereby 

they spend not over six months as pre-apprentices, the time depending upon 

their ability and their willingness to apply themselves. When this course ts 

completed they are placed under a three-year agreement and are taught the 

trade the same as the elementary school graduates who take five years. 
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RUSSELL JOHNSON (’16) (SEATED) ENTERED AS A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE IN 1914 AND IS NOW FOREMAN OF 
THE PROOFROOM. HARRY STERN (17), AT HIS RIGHT, ENTERED IN I91O AND IS NOW ASSISTANT FOREMAN 


OSCAR DAUM (16) ENTERED THE ORGANIZATION IN Igl4 AS A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND IS NOW PRODUC- 
TION MANAGER OF THE COMPOSING ROOM, WHERE A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRADE IS REQUIRED 


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IT IS NECESSARY THAT AN EXECUTIVE IN A PRINTING PLANT HAVE A PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRADE. 
R. A. SCHICK (15) ENTERED THE ORGANIZATION IN 1909 AS A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, TOOK A REGULAR 
APPRENTICE COURSE, AND IS NOW NUMBERED AMONG THOSE WHO HAVE SHOWN THEIR ABILITY TO DIRECT THE 
EFFORTS OF OTHERS. HE IS SUPERVISOR OF FINE BOOK AND CATALOGUE WORK IN THE OPERATING DEPARTMENT 


The printing industry offers unusual opportunities to high school gradu- 
ates who have ability in drawing and design. There is demand for typographic 
designers and layout experts. Needless to say a young man must thoroughly 


master the trade before he can qualify for these attractive positions. 


PROGRAM FOR YOUNG MEN WITHLESS THAN FOUR 
WEARS “HIGH SCHOOL TRAINING 


ANY boys decide to leave high school at the close of their first or 
second year. To them the Training Department offers a some- 
what shortened apprenticeship course, by allowing each year 

of successful high school work to reduce the term of apprenticeship to the 
extent of six months. Such students are required to take the pre-apprentice 


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COMPOSITORS WHO CAN SET DISPLAY MATTER WILL ALWAYS COMMAND GOOD WAGES. JOHN VANA (22) IS ONE 
OF THE RECENT GRADUATES WHOSE SKILL HAS WON HIM FAME IN THE COMPOSING ROOM. HE BEGAN IN 1916 


THE CUTTING AND MITERING OF RULES IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THE MAKEUP OF A MAIL ORDER CATALOG. 
FRANK HODEK (22) IS AMONG THOSE LISTED AS HUNDRED PER CENT WORKMEN IN THE COMPOSING ROOM 


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THE SUCCESSFUL TEACHING OF PRESSMANSHIP REQUIRES A KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRADE PLUS THE ABILITY 
TO IMPART THAT KNOWLEDGE TO OTHERS. JAMES BOHATY Crk); BECAUSE OF THE TRAINING HE RECEIVED 
IN THE APPRENTICE SCHOOL, IS COMPETENT TO ACT AS FOREMAN-INSTRUCTOR OVER A GROUP OF APPREN- 
TICES DOING A VARIETY OF HIGH GRADE PRINTING INCLUDING COLOR WORK ON THE CYLINDER PRESSES 


course as outlined above. They are likewise placed under agreement at the 


close of six months’ service for a term of years. 


PART-TIME WORK FOR BOYS ATTENDING 
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T is possible in some cases to arrange a program so that boys may take 
several subjects in high school during the forenoon or the afternoon 
and spend the remaining half day in the School for Apprentices. For 

such students there are three points of advantage: First, they can secure for 
themselves the benefit of two or four years of high school education. Second, 
they can begin to learn the fundamentals of a good trade. Third, they can 


earn a fair sum of money and establish themselves with a reliable company. 


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RAY HARDERS (716) IS ANOTHER GRADU- 
ATE WHO WAS READY TO TAKE CHARGE OF 
A DEPARTMENT IN THE NEW PLANT. HE 
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INSTRUCTION IN 
HAND COMPOSITION, INCLUDING LAYOUT 
AND DESIGN, AT CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA 


CHARLES NELSON (’15), HAVING QUALI- 
FIED AS AN EXPERT LINOTYPE OPERATOR 
AND MACHINIST, WAS CHOSEN TO ASSUME 
FULL CHARGE OF THE BATTERY OF LINO- 
TYPES AT THE NEW PLANT. HE ALSO ACTS 
AS INSTRUCTOR IN MACHINE COMPOSITION 


OTTO KEISER (’16) WAS ONE OF THE GRAD- 
UATES SELECTED TO TAKE CHARGE OF A 
DEPARTMENT WHEN THE NEW CRAWFORDS- 
VILLE, INDIANA, PLANT WAS OPENED. HE IS 
FOREMAN OF THE PRESSROOM AND ACTS AS 
INSTRUCTOR OF PRESSMANSHIP ON BOTH 
CYLINDER AND JOB PRESSES AT THIS PLANT 


EDWARD RANDAK ('16), AFTER COMPLETING 
THE COURSE OFFERED FOR HIGH SCHOOL 
GRADUATES, ENTERED THE EFFICIENCY 
DEPARTMENT. HE IS NOW IN CHARGE OF 
EFFICIENCY WORK AT CRAWFORDSVILLE, 
INDIANA. HE IS SHOWN MAKING TIME STUDY 
OF OPERATIONS ON A FOLDING MACHINE 


RARE BOOKS AND SMALL EDITIONS OF MODERN BOOKS ARE BOUND BY HAND. YOUNG MEN WITH AN INTEREST 
IN APPLIED ART ARE TAUGHT THE BINDER’S TRADE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF SKILLED CRAFTSMEN. HAVING 
HAD ACTUAL EXPERIENCE IN THE VARIOUS PROCESSES IN BOOKMAKING THE APPRENTICES IN THIS DEPARTMENT 
ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AND SUPERVISORY POSITIONS AFTER COMPLETING THE TRAINING COURSE 


SeeclAlb COURSE IN BOOKBINDING 


SPECIAL course in bookbinding is offered at the Calumet plant. 

} Apprentices in this branch of the Training Department are taught 

all of the processes included in the bookbinding craft. Pre-ap- 

prentices begin their training by learning to fold sheets, gather and collate 

sections, and sew books. When these processes are mastered they are given 

instruction in the highly skilled operations known as forwarding. Later they 

are encouraged to make appropriate designs for artistic leather bindings and 

are taught how to execute them in gold leaf, using a large number of tools, 

to reproduce the design in the leather. In fact the apprentices in the School 

become acquainted with all of the fascinating operations known as finishing. 
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LITHOGRAPHY, NOW GENERALLY 
CALLED OFFSET OR METAL 
PLATE PRINTING, IS A TECHNICAL 
PROCESS FREQUENTLY USED IN 
THE REPRODUCTION OF WORKS 
OF ART. CARL WUERMER (723) 
CHOSE THIS DEPARTMENT AS A 
FIELD FOR THE EXPRESSION OF 
HIS ART ABILITY. HIS OIL PAINT- 
ING, REPRODUCED HERE, WON 
HIM RECOGNITION IN A RECENT 
EXHIBIT AT THE ART INSTITUTE 


THE TRAINING DEPARTMENT 
DOES NOT OFFER A COMPLETE 
COURSE IN ART BUT ENCOUR- 
AGES BOYS WHO HAVE ABILITY, 
TO ATTEND ART SCHOOLS. AL- 
THOUGH A SPECIALIST IN COM- 
MERCIAL ART, JOSEPH CARTER 
(23) HAS PRODUCED THE WORK 
IN OIL ON THE LEFT WHICH 
RECEIVED FAVORABLE MEN- 
TION AT THE ART INSTITUTE 
IN A RECENT EXHIBITION OF 
THE WORKS OF CHICAGO ARTISTS 


A GROUP OF BOOKS BOUND IN THE TRAINING DEPARTMENT AT THE CALUMET PLANT. THE HIGHEST GRADE 
OFINLAYING ANDGOLD LEAF WORKIS DONE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF SKILLED CRAFTSMEN. APPRENTICES ARE 
TAUGHT TO SELECT THE MOST SUITABLE MATERIALS FOR THEIR WORK AND ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO DISPLAY 
ORIGINALITY IN THE PREPARATION OF DESIGNS TO BE APPLIED IN FINE BOOKBINDING AND HAND-TOOLING 


It is evident that the nature of the training in this department calls for 
more than ordinary ability in art. For that reason this course is attractive to 


boys who are interested in applied art. 


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INCE they work only about half time, pre-apprentices are started at 
about one-half of the current wage rates for boys of their age, training, 
and experience. At the completion of the pre-apprentice work the rate 

advances to the current rate, and from that time on the wage increases regu- 
larly every six months until the close of the apprentice course when it is 
automatically set at or above the current rate for journeymen in the branch 
of the industry which the student has selected. 

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LINOTYPE INSTRUCTION MUST BE PRECEDED BY EXPERIENCE IN HAND COMPOSITION. THE ABOVE PICTURE 
SHOWS APPRENTICES AT WORK ON LIVE MATTER. THEY ARE EARNING WHILE LEARNING A GOOD TRADE 


TO PRODUCE GOOD BOOK WORK ON THE LINOTYPE THE OPERATOR MUST KNOW THE RUDIMENTS OF BOOK COM- 
POSITION. EDWARD CESAL (21) HAS GAINED RECOGNITION IN THIS FIELD AS HE LEARNED HAND COMPOSITION 


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AN OPERATOR ON THE MONOTYPE KEYBOARD, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE SPEED OF WHICH THE MACHINE IS 
CAPABLE, MUST KNOW PRINTING AS WELL AS HIS KEYBOARD. EDWARD KULIK (20) FIRST LEARNED TYPOG- 
RAPHY AND THEN DEVELOPED HIS ABILITY AS AN OPERATOR TO THE ONE HUNDRED PER CENT POINT. TO 
QUALIFY AS A KEYBOARD OPERATOR ONE MUST ALSO UNDERSTAND THE MECHANISM OF THE CASTING MACHINE 


BRANCHES OF THE PRINTING INDUSTRY 


HERE are many separate trades in the printing industry, any one 
of which is worthy of years of study. A list of the more important 
Opportunities is given below together with a brief description of 
the processes in each. 
HAND AND MACHINE COMPOSITION: Setting of display matter, make-up 
of pages, lockup and lineup, operation of linotype and monotype machines. 
CYLINDER, ROTARY AND PLATEN PRESSWORK: Operation of job, cyl- 
inder, including two-color and rotary presses, make-ready on presses, oper- 
ation of automatic feeders, operation of folding devices, ink mixing and 
distribution, and handling paper stock. 
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A SUCCESSFUL COLOR PRESSMAN MUST HAVE A KNOWLEDGE OF COLOR VALUES AND POSSESS A CRITICAL EYE 
FOR DEFECTS. WILLIAM PECHA (20) IS SHOWN INSPECTING THE PRODUCT OF HIS TWO-COLOR MIEHLE PRESS 


TO BECOME A COMPETENT PRESSMAN ONE MUST UNDERSTAND THE MECHANICS OF THE PRESS AND KNOW ALL 
PECULIARITIES OF PAPER AND INK. CARL RIEDEL (’23) RECENTLY QUALIFIED AS A CYLINDER PRESSMAN 


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A GROUP OF YOUNG MEN, GRADUATES OF THE TRAINING DEPARTMENT, WHO ARE OPERATING PRESSES AT NIGHT 
IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE PRESSROOM. PRINTING PRESSES ARE COSTLY MACHINES AND ARE USUALLY OPERATED 
BOTH DAY AND NIGHT. THESE YOUNG MEN WERE UNABLE TO JOIN THE GROUP SHOWN ON PAGE NINE. THEY ALL 
BEGAN AS PRE-APPRENTICES AND WERE TAUGHT HOW TO SET TYPE BEFORE THEY ENTERED THE PRESSROOMS 


ART WORK AND PHOTO-ENGRAVING: Hand lettering and sketching, 
water color and oil painting, Ben Day process, camera operation, stripping 
and printing, etching, finishing, routing, mounting, special processes for 
color reproduction, and proving. 

OFFSET TRANSFER (METAL LITHOGRAPHY): Art work in transfer, pho- 
tographic transfer, graining plates, experimental work. 

OFFSET PRESSWORK: Care and operation of presses, stock handling, 
mixing of inks, and a thorough knowledge of color values. 

BINDERY OPERATIONS: Operation of folding machines and gathering, 
stitching, and covering machines, cutting, hand sewing, forwarding and 
finishing of a case bound book, manufacture of art covers, gilding, inspect- 
ing, wrapping, and shipping. 

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IN THE PRODUCTION OF ILLUSTRATIONS THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF HAND WORK NECESSARY. THESE YOUNG 
MEN ARE APPRENTICES AND GRADUATES WORKING ON THE FINISHING BENCH IN THE ENGRAVING DEPARTMENT 


THE OPERATION OF A CAMERA IN HALFTONE PHOTOGRAPHY INVOLVES A KNOWLEDGE OF THE PHYSICS OF LIGHT 
AND THE SCIENCE OF CHEMISTRY. HILDING NELSON (22) IS SHOWN ADJUSTING THE LENS OF A LEVY CAMERA 


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A GROUP OF UNIVERSITY TRAINED MEN WHO ARE PREPARING BY A GRADUATE COURSE IN BUSINESS FOR SPE- 
CIALIZED POSITIONS IN THE DONNELLEY ORGANIZATION, STANDING(LEFT TO RIGHT), WILLIAM SWETT, UNIVER- 
SITY OF CHICAGO; WILLIAM J. LOUDERBACK, JR., HARVARD UNIVERSITY. SEATED, HARRY T. SHARPE, NEW 
YORK UNIVERSITY; LOUIS MCMURDIE, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY; F. H. FRAZIER, HARVARD UNIVERSITY 


MA tNING SPECIAL GROUPS 
EXECUTIVES AND PRINTING ENGINEERS 
LIMITED number of boys who have completed either the two- 


year or four-year high school course are given special training to 
prepare for positions in the time-keeping, production, factory 
estimating, cost, and accounting departments. A short time is spent in the 
Training Department to learn the language of the printing office and to be- 
come familiar with the many operations. A few university-trained men find 
the printing industry offers exceptional opportunity for investigation and 
experimentation in the fields of machinery, methods of production, paper, 
ink, agglutinatives, photo-engraving, alloys, and in human engineering or 
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A GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF PRINTING PROCESSES PROMOTES TEAMWORK BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS, AND 
TEAMWORK IS ESSENTIAL TO PRODUCTION. A COURSE IN 


PRINTING ESTIMATING HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR 
THIS PURPOSE. THE PICTURE SHOWS THE TUESDAY EVENING CLASS OF ABOUT SIXTY MEN 


FROM ALL DE- 
PARTMENTS UNDER THE INSTRUCTION OF MR. EDWARD GALLAWAY, AN ESTIMATOR OF WIDE EXPERIENCE 


scientific management. Engineering graduates and other college-trained men 
are given intensive courses to acquaint them with the processes and problems 
of the entire organization. They are then assigned to some department for 


study and research with the idea in mind of becoming either specialists or 
executives in their respective departments. 


GENERAL COURSE IN PRINTING ESTIMATING 


N order to promote a general knowledge of the Donnelley method ot 
manufacture and to secure more perfect correlation among adult em- 
ployees in all departments, a course in printing estimating has. been 

developed by the Training Department and is presented one night a week 
during the Fall and Winter of each year. The first series of lessons, which was 


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THIS GROUP OF SIXTY MEN IN THE THURSDAY EVENING ESTIMATING CLASS INCLUDES MANY EXECUTIVES IN 
RESPONSIBLE POSITIONS. THE CLASS HAS STUDIED THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF THE PRINTING INDUSTRY, 
INCLUDING COST FINDING, IMPOSITION, COMPOSITION, AND PRESSWORK, IN ORDER TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH 
THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE. THEY WILL LATER STUDY BOOKBINDING, OFFSET PRINTING, AND PHOTO-ENGRAVING 


conducted by Mr. Edward Gallaway, was attended by about one hundred 
and twenty men including many of the most important executives in the 
organization. This course is open only to adults who have completed some 


preliminary work in printer’s arithmetic and similar subjects. 


EQUIPMENT FOR TEACHING 


HE Management has set aside about three thousand square feet of 
floor space for the School for Apprentices. This area is divided into 
a composing room, a lecture room for academic classes, an office for 
the Supervisor of Training, and a library and reading room. 
The arrangement of the composing room and its equipment make it a 
model of its kind. There are stands to accommodate twenty-five students. 
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CHICAGO tLLINOES 


THIS 18: TO: CERTIFY THAT: 
having completed the pre-apprentice course of two years in the School for | 
Apprentices and having served an apprenticeship of years in the 

: of The Lakeside Press, is entitled to the rank 


of Journeyman with all the privileges of said position. 

IN -TESTIMONY:-WHEREOF, This diploma is awarded |; 
this day of 19 at Chicago, Illinois. by the officers of the 
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. 


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THE DIPLOMA PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATES AT THE CLOSE OF THEIR APPRENTICESHIP IS EVIDENCE OF 
SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF THE COURSE AND CERTIFIES TO THEIR RIGHT TO RANK AS JOURNEYMEN 


The equipment for teaching bindery work at the Calumet plant consists 
of the standard sewing stands, electric glue pots, forwarding tools, presses, 


and an unusually complete line of tools for finishing. 


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N industrial library must be more than a shelf of books. The volumes 
must be authoritative and in the latest editions. The main library 
of the Training Department is at the Polk Street plant while 

branches are maintained at both the Calumet and the Crawfordsville plants. 
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RECREATION IS A PART OF THE DONNELLEY PROGRAM. THE EMPLOYEES INDULGE IN PLAYGROUND BALL, SOCCER, 
GOLF, BOWLING, AND OTHER SPORTS DURING THE SEASON. EACH DEPARTMENT ORGANIZES A TEAM IN EACH 
SPORT. THE BEST PLAYERS ARE SELECTED TO COMPETE WITH TEAMS THROUGHOUT THE CHICAGO DISTRICT 


The collection includes the best known works on printing and a few sets 
of the great works of fiction in the best editions. A considerable number ot 
rare editions on design, bookbinding, and decoration are kept for reference. 
Duplicate copies of several volumes are available for circulation. The leading 
journals of the printing industry come to the library regularly, and are per- 
manently bound at the close of each year. 


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IEXTBOOKS for the courses given by the Training Department 

have been developed or adapted to suit the needs of the students. 

Applied English serves as a style book for compositors and a basic text 

for the classes in English. Applied Design for Printers by Gage, published by 
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the United Typothetae ot America, furnishes suitable material tor the teach- 
ing of layout and design. Applied Arithmetic by E. E. Sheldon, Supervisor ot 
Training, covers the entire subject of Elementary Mathematics as applied 
to the printing industry. A Course in Printing Estimating by Edward Gallaway 
of the Estimating Department furnishes the basis for adult training in the 
general subject of printing methods. Cylinder Pressmanship by M. M. Kandle 
is a technical manual on pressroom practices. 


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UPPER LEFT 
JAMES BOHATY’S 
RESIDENCE 
IN RIVERSIDE 


CENTER 
JERRY STEPANEK’S 
SUMMER HOME 
AT 
FOX RIVER GROVE, 
ILLINOIS 


UPPER RIGHT 
GEORGE KOROUS’ 
BUNGALOW 
IN CICERO 


PEA CHING LHIRIET 


EITHER position nor salary will make one independent if he has 
not acquired habits of thrift. A boy who makes the necessary sac- 
rifice in time and money to learna trade soon realizes the impor- 

tance of the saving habit. The Mutual Savings Association of The Lakeside 
Press encourages savings accounts as small as twenty-five cents a weck. A boy 
who early learns to set aside a definite amount weckly starts himself along the 
road to financial independence. Three of our young men began while mere 
lads to lay the financial foundations for the homes pictured here. Many 
others have done the same. 

The Lakeside Press Employees Association through its sickness benefit 
plan encourages young men to provide against the unforeseen emergencies 
of life and also through the club features to help in the social activities. 

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THE PLYMOUTH 
COURT PLANT OF 
THE LAKESIDE PRESS) 
731 PLYMOUTH COURT, 
CHICAGO 


THE CALUMET 
PLANT OF 
THE 
LAKESIDE PRESS, 
21ST STREET 
AND 
CALUMET AVENUE, 
CHICAGO, 
UNDER 
CONSTRUCTION 


THE NEW PLANT 
NOW UNDER CON- 
STRUCTION AT 
CRAWFORDSVILLE, 
INDIANA, ON A 
PICTURESQUE TRACT 
OF LAND JUST 
WEST OF 
WABASH COLLEGE 


Any one desiring further infor- 
mation regarding the Training 
Department or the course of study 


1s invited to communicate with 


GEST RALNUNG DEPARTMENT 
Pace ON rich yicsO NS COMPAN Y 
Tod Pike O UT HCO U Ret 
CHICAGO 


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WAS DESIGNED AND EXECUTED 


BY THE APPRENTICES 


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AND THE GRADUATES OF 


THE TRAINING DEPARTMENT OF 


THE LAKESIDE PRESS 


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